Coot
04-19-2003, 08:47 PM
A branch of British army intelligence and some police officers in Northern Ireland actively and deliberately helped a loyalist paramilitary group to murder Catholics in the late 1980s, according to the Stevens Report.
It is understood the latest report, called Stevens Three, will find that members of the RUC and army colluded with the largest loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), to murder Catholics.
The report, which centres on the murder of Pat Finucane in 1989, will be delivered to the chief constable, Hugh Orde.
The Finucane family has always believed the security forces were involved in his murder and have dismissed the report.
His widow, Geraldine, said a full judicial inquiry was the onlyto deal with the issue.
Mr Finucane, a high-profile Catholic solicitor, was shot dead by the UDA in front of his family at his north Belfast home.
His son, Michael, alleged the system of collusion came about because the government wanted certain people "out of the way".
The rest of the story can be found here. (http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/2954773.stm)
To be included in the indictment is one British Brigadier General currently serving in Iraq.
It is understood the latest report, called Stevens Three, will find that members of the RUC and army colluded with the largest loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), to murder Catholics.
The report, which centres on the murder of Pat Finucane in 1989, will be delivered to the chief constable, Hugh Orde.
The Finucane family has always believed the security forces were involved in his murder and have dismissed the report.
His widow, Geraldine, said a full judicial inquiry was the onlyto deal with the issue.
Mr Finucane, a high-profile Catholic solicitor, was shot dead by the UDA in front of his family at his north Belfast home.
His son, Michael, alleged the system of collusion came about because the government wanted certain people "out of the way".
The rest of the story can be found here. (http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/2954773.stm)
To be included in the indictment is one British Brigadier General currently serving in Iraq.